POL101Y1 Lecture Notes - Parliamentary Sovereignty, Secret Ballot, Government Simulation Game
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marx felt that democratic institutions were all a visage; not a real reality what we see. democracy is a method for choosing leaders. should not be confused with eternal bliss, not endless pleasure, doesn"t make you rich or powerful. franchise is universal - that is the vote is secret. may want certain distributional outcomes not a big gap btw the rich and the poor. the basics of democratic outcomes: emerges out of different pre- democratic contexts. democracy has evolved out of all kinds of society; any kind of society. whether they stay democracies depends on how wealthy they are; poor countries can become a democracy, but often do not stay democracies. different kinds of democratic institutions; not a single set of identical democratic institutions. which ones you have indicate how the game of democracy is played.
